Plug-in solar for Canada
Solar you can plug in
A few panels on a balcony or a wall, a standard wall outlet, and power you make and use at home. It is the simplest, cheapest solar there is, and millions of people already run it overseas.
Across Canada it is still held up by red tape. Here is where we are working to unlock it.
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The problem
Power keeps getting pricier
Electricity bills climb almost every year. Plug-in solar quietly trims the daytime power you pull from the grid, the power you pay the most for.
The fix
The simplest way to make your own
No roof, no electrician, no big install. Four panels and a plug. You use the power on the spot and nothing is sold back to the grid.
The catch
It is locked across Canada
Three things stand in the way. The rules and fees for plugging into the grid, what renters and condo owners are allowed to mount on a balcony, and the missing Canadian safety standard. Our campaigns work to unlock all three.
The world is ahead
This is already normal somewhere else
- Plug-in solar is now law in seven US states
- New York legislature passes the SUNNY Act
- Maine signs plug-in solar into law — third US state